Biden to erect monument honoring Black teen lynched in Mississippi
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will establish a national monument to honor Emmett Till, a Black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955.
The memorial will commemorate the life and tragic death of Till at age of 14. The memorial will also show the acquittal of his white killers and the commitment of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, to pursue justice.
President Biden’s move is seen as a significant step toward recognizing the impact of Till’s murder on the civil rights movement.
The memorial will be the fourth President Biden has erected since taking office in 2021.
He previously hosted a screening of the film “Till” to mark Black History Month and signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in March 2022.
The Justice Department had completed its investigation into Till’s murder in December 2021.
The memorial will be managed by the National Park Service. It will be a place for education and reflection.
Earlier Vice President Kamala Harris had criticized a revised Black history curriculum in Florida that includes teaching that enslaved people benefited from the skills they learned at the hands of the people who denied them freedom.
“How is it that anyone could suggest that in the midst of these atrocities that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” Harris asked in a speech delivered from Jacksonville, Florida.
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